CSHAE selects new leadership in Bahamas

Members of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) have elected a new leadership team and board of directors to guide regional association executives for the next two years.

CSHAE executives also hammered out a strategic plan for the region’s hotel associations.

Lisa Hamilton, president, United States Virgin Islands Hotel & Tourism Association, was elected president of CSHAE succeeding Frank Comito, executive vice president, Bahamas Hotel Association, who held the position since 2009.

Prior to the CSHAE AGM, hotel and tourism association executives across the region met to develop a Work Plan designed to guide their efforts over the next several years towards strengthening the work and roles of associations both at the local and regional levels.

Outgoing CSHAE president Frank Comito commended his colleagues as well as Josef Forstmayr, CHTA president, Alec Sanguinetti, CHTA director general and chief executive, and Richard Doumeng, CHTA president-elect, for participating in the developmental sessions.

“When looking at the work being done on the ground by many of our hotel associations throughout the region, it is impressive,” stated Comito.

He added: “We want to do a better job at sharing information and best practices so that we can be even more effective at the national level while helping to strengthen the overall Caribbean brand at the regional level.”